Asus transforms its best Chromebook into a Windows 10 Cloud machine

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After Asus wowed us with the quality of the Chromebook Flip, the Taiwanese electronics firm has ported its award winning flipping design to Windows 10 laptops.

Today Asus has introduced a new Transformer Book Flip TP200SA, an 11.6-inch notebook with a screen that flips back a full 360-degrees. Integrating an Intel Celeron N3050 Braswell processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB in solid-state storage, the TP200SA definitely falls into the budget spectrum of Windows 10 notebooks.

However, thanks to a thin 0.73-inch frame furnished with an aluminum lid and brushed plastic keyboard deck, it feels a bit higher class than its $349 (about £224, AU$489) price tag might suggest.

Although we've only spent a few hours with Asus' latest flipping Transformer Book, we're already loving the colorful 1366 x 768 IPS display. What's more, the eight hours of battery life Asus has promised on this lightweight 2.65 pound hybrid seems to be holding some water for now.

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Asus also announced a detachable hybrid with the Transformer Book T100HA. Unlike its TP200SA brethren, this 2-in-1 machine features a 10.1-inch 1,280 x 800 IPS display that separates from its keyboard base to act as a standalone tablet.

Starting at $299 (about £192, AU$419), the T100HA is lightly outfitted with an Intel Atom Cherry Trail x5 Z8500 processor, 4GB of memory and a 64GB SSD. Asus promises the T100HA will deliver 12 hours of battery and thanks to fast-charging technology, plugging in the device for two hours will bring it up to 80-percent battery capacity.

Tablet photographers may also be interested in this 10.1-inch hybrids two cameras, which include a 5MP main snapper with a 2MP front facing webcam.

Both machines will arrive later this month and readers can expect our Asus Transformer Book TP200SA review to pop-up soon.